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Section 3 makes it unlawful for an
common carriers subject to provisions 0
this act to make or give any undue o
unreasonable preference or advantag,
to any particular persons, company, firm
| corporation or locality, or to any par
| ticular description of traffic.
Sections four and five Qong and short
haul and pooling sections) are as follows
Section 4. That it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act to charge or re.
ceive any greater compensation for O
short than for long haul.
Section 5. That it shall be unlawful
for any Common carrier, subject to the
provisions of this act; to enter into any
contract of agreement or combination
with any other common carrier or car.
rers for the pooling of freights of different
and competing railroads, or to diside
between them the aggregate or net pro.
ceeds of the earnings of such railroads,
or any portion thereof, and in any case
of an agreement for the pooling OF
freights as before said. Each day of It's
continuance shall be deemed a separate
ofense.
Section 6 requires that after ninety
days from the passage Of this act every
common carrier subject to it's provisions
shall have printed aud keep for public
inspection, schedules, showing rates,
fares and charges, and in addition to re-.
quiring railroads to give publicity at all
of the depots on their several lines, it
gives authority to the commission,
where it is proper and necessary, to re.
quire them to give publicity to their
rates to other places beyond the lines of
their several railroads. 1t also provides
that rates, fares and charges, shall not
be raised except after ten days of public
notice, but that they may be reduced
without previous public notice. The
notice, however, shall be simultaneous
with the reduction itself.
Section makes it unlawful for auy
common carrier to enter into any comDi-
nation or agreement to prevent the car.
riage of freight from being continuous
from place of shipment so place of desti-
nation.
Section 8 declares that any common
carrier violating the provisions of this
act shall be liable to the person or per.
sons injured thereby for the full amount
of the damages sustained in consequence
of any such violation, together with rea-
sonable counsel or attorneys fees.
Section 0 provides that persons claim.
ing to have been damaged by the action
Of common carriers, may proceed for
the recovery of their damages, either in
the courts of the United States, or before
the commission herein provided for, but
not before both tribunals.
Section Is makes it penal offense to
violate any of the provisions of this act,
and puts the maximum of the fine
which may be imposed at the sum OF
$4,000.
The eleven following sections contain
the commission features of the bill.
They provide for commission to consist
of five persons, whose term of office
shall be for six years, except for the
first appointments, which are to be for
two, three, four, five and six years.
The members of this commission are to
be appointed by the President, and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
Their principal Office shall be in Wash.
ington, but they may hold sessions at
other places than Washington, and a
single member of the commission may
take testimony anywhere. as may be
directed by the commission. These
commissioners have salaries of $500
each. The commission has power
to appoint secretarr with an an.
nual salary 49, $500. and
has authority to Employ and fix the
compensation of such other employees
as it may find necessary for the proper
performance of its duties, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Inter-
ior.
Section % provides that nothing con.
tanned in this act shall abride the reme-
dies now existing in the common law or
by statute.
Section % appropriates 500, 900 for
the purposes of this act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1883.
Section "a provides tina: the provis.
ions of sections IL and Is of this act re-
lating to the appointment and organiza.
tion of the commission herein provided
for shall take effect Immediately, and
the remaining provisions of this act shall
take effect sixty days after its passage.